What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42331 and 42341?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42331 and 42341 is 1.

GCF(42331,42341) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42331 and 42341, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42331 and 42341.

How to find the GCF of 42331 and 42341?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42331 and 42341. After we will calculate the factors of 42331 and 42341 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42331

Prime factors of 42331 are 42331. Prime factorization of 42331 in exponential form is:

42331 = 42331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42341

Prime factors of 42341 are 13, 3257. Prime factorization of 42341 in exponential form is:

42341 = 13¹ × 3257¹

Step-3: Factors of 42331

List of positive integer factors of 42331 that divides 42331 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42341

List of positive integer factors of 42341 that divides 42331 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3257

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42331 and 42341. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42331 and 42341 is 1.

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